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Kait Phoenix

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Health Editor @hearst. 👧🏻 👶🏻 & 🐱🐱 mom. ‘cuse alum. alpine skier. deal hunter. carb lover. memoir reader. amateur yogi. city 🐀 with a country 🐁 heart.

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The queen of our household crossed over the rainbow bridge yesterday. 💔 In her 19.5 years, Noodles never missed an opportunity to boss us around or to sneak in for a cuddle. Equal parts demanding and sweet, she was the toughest 6-pound kitty around. She preferred freshly cooked chicken over any expensive cat food, meowed as if she was having real conversations, and treated our human babies like personal space heaters. I only hope she had a wonderful reunion with her best buddy Minky on the hilltop last night. by @kaitphoenix

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Smiley, squishy, and so loved ❤️ Georgina “Georgie” Deborah joined our family on February 28th 🌸 We are so lucky to have two girls who carry our late mothers’ names as their middle names by @kaitphoenix

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Gettin in trouble with Uncle Gregg by @kaitphoenix

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When she was just a newborn, Phil started calling her Stinky. Today she really lived up to the nickname. 🦨 by @kaitphoenix

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10 years together (✌🏻 married) and you’re still the one I run to 😘 by @kaitphoenix

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This is the story of my wedding dress, but really it’s a story about my mom, who recently passed away. During the last few years of her life, she struggled with Alzheimer’s disease and it was difficult to watch the vibrant, take-charge mom who raised me change so much. Knowing she didn’t have the capacity to plan a bridal shower or help finalize wedding details like most mothers do, I assumed a long afternoon going from store to store trying on wedding dresses was off the table, too. So I ordered two dresses online and hoped for the best. Then when neither one panned out, my mom eagerly joined me on a spur-of-the moment trip to David’s Bridal. It’s not a lavish bridal shop by any stretch of the imagination, but that 90-minute shopping trip turned out to be one of my most cherished experiences with her.
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To begin with, I had my heart set on a tea-length dress, but the options were limited. I’ll forever be grateful that when I insisted on chopping off the bottom of the full-length gown I fell in love with, my mom never called me crazy. As a longtime quilter, I think she knew any fabric had the potential to turn into something magical. So when the dress arrived a few months later, my mom tagged along and sat patiently as a seamstress pinned up layer after layer. When we returned in a month and the hem was uneven, my mom encouraged me to have them correct it even though it meant an extra trip back to the store. And when the dress was finally ready, my mom beamed. She said she liked it, but I think she was just happy I pushed for what I wanted and made it happen.
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After our wedding, I opted to have the dress preserved and it’s now tucked away in a box somewhere in my parents’ house. Many brides save their dress with the hope that a daughter or granddaughter might wear it one day. I think I saved mine because part of me realized it might be the last big project my mom and I worked on together. Now, as I look at my own daughter, I get sad thinking my mom won’t be here to make her Halloween costumes or more quilts when she reaches new milestones, but I also know she instilled some of that crafty creativity in me and I hope I pass it along to Allie in my own ways. by @kaitphoenix

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Super grateful to @mikegarten for making it as relaxing and fun as possible to take headshots at work by @kaitphoenix

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Moving sucks for everyone in the world except Kimmie, who has thrived in the chaos of our new apartment over the last two months by @kaitphoenix

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✨six months✨ seeing this tiny human grow and learn makes me feel like the luckiest person on the planet 🥰 by @kaitphoenix

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Alexandra Susan surprised us exactly two weeks early on July 26th. 🥰 She shares her birthday with my Grandpa Fred and Aunt Jenny, both of whom are sending their love from heaven. She also shares her middle name with Phil’s mom. ❤️ The cuddles, kisses, stretches, and squeals make every 3am tear (mine and hers) worth it a hundred times over. 🥹 by @kaitphoenix

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Feeling extremely grateful for 34 weeks of little adventures with this bump 🥰 by @kaitphoenix

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